Their input helped identify the key priorities and these are: to improve how children engage with school; help children to keep fit and maintain a healthy weight; prevent smoking, drinking and taking substances at an early age and support children’s social and emotional development.

A draft children’s services plan opened for consultation in November last year and closed for comments on December 18.

Views were sought to ensure that plans to improve children’s services and outcomes would meet with local needs, expectations and aspirations.